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OAR DO QR FASTENING.

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WILLIAM F. JACKSON, or SEDALIA, MIssoURi.

CAR-.DOOR l-ASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,592, dated May 1,1883.

Application filed December 29, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM P. JACKSON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Sedalia, in the county of Pettis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Door Fastenings, of which the following is a specification,

- reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

. Myinveution is animprovement in fastening devices for oar-doors. a

It consists,'in the main, of a hasp of peculiar form pivoted to the side wall of a car, adapted to move about its axis, limited by a segmental slot and piu,in connection with certain staples fixed in the car-door and certain fastenin gpins to be adjusted to place, all of which will be fully set forth hereinafter.

It consists, also, of a sealing and lockingde vice to be used in connection with the above mentioned, to be hereinafter described.

It also consists of certain wed ge-shaped lugs secured to the bottom of a car-door, adapted '1 tocooperate with corresponding pieces secured to the car to throw the door, when open or closed, inward closely towardthe car-walls to secure tight joints, for purposes as will be mentioned hereinafter.

In my drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a freight-car with its sliding door closed and fastened with myfastening devices. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing a portion of a Q carwith its door opened. Fig. 3 is a plan Fig. 8 is a perspective, showing the fastening device. as a whole.

Similar reference-letters indicate like parts in all of the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A is a car-door, arranged with hangers adapted to take hold on a rail fastened to the side of the car and slide thereon.

B is a hasp pivoted to the side of the car upon plateI at J, and extending somewhat beyond the edge of the opening provided for the ca'r-door. This hasp has formed in it a segmental slot, H, which is intended, together with a pin, Gr, fixed to a plate, I, the'latter secured to the car-wall, to limit the movement of said hasp about its axis. The said hasp B is arranged to spring out from the side of the car and project over the face of the door A.

Ithas at its free end alongitudinal slot adapted to fit over the staples fixed in'the car-door.

. D and E are staples fixed firmly in the door of the car at points as shown, one on the right edge and the other near the left edge .of the same. PinsU and F, chained to the said door, areprovided to drop into the loops or staples, and when not in their places for service swing against the door. The staples E and D are fixed in their places at different heights, the one D being preferably lowest, fora purpose hereinafter to be mentioned.

Thedoor A is provided at two or more points near its bottom edge with wedge-shaped lugs co, the latter of which is double, and there are fixed to the walls of the car at corresponding points V-shaped shoes h h, adapted to receive and engage the said lugs a a. The purpose of these devices is to carry the car-door, when moved to its limit, either open or shut, toward the face of the car-walls, and thus seg cure a close joint to prevent shaking or rattling of the door while the car is in motion, and exclude at the same time from the interior of the car sparks, dust, and dirt.

In closing the door the hasp B is first thrown up, sons to clear the staple D, and the pin U is placed in said staple, so as to form an outer bearing to said hasp as the door is slid to the left to close the car. When the staple 1D in the door reaches or comes opposite to the slot 1) in the hasp B said hasp is thrown down and forced back over the said staple D, and the pin 0 is inserted in the latter to secure the door to a closed position.

When the door is to be opened or thrown back the pin 0 is taken out and the hasp B thrown up. The piu'O is now inserted in the staple D to serve as a guide to the door, while thelatter is slid to the right until the upper.

staple, E, comes opposite to the slot 1) in the hasp. The hasp B is now sprung inward to place over the said staple E, and the pin F inserted in the latter to hold the door open firmly.

When the door is to be sealed after being closed I employ a device (shown in the drawin gs) composed of a plate, M, provided with a countersunk portion, d, having the form of an L, which portion, when stamped from said plate M, leaves an Opening or slot of corresponding shape. In connection wit-h this plate I use a bar, N, secured to the'door A, provided with a tongue, 0, adapted to fit into a slot, f, of a locking-plate, O. The tongue eof the bar N has an eye to receive a split pin, j, or the hasp of a padlock. The locking-plate O hasa notch, q, adapted to fit under one edge of the countersunk plate M when it is moved longitudinally in the L-shaped slot of said plate.

The combined device just described is to secure or seal the door after it has been fastened by the hasp, staple, and pins, and it assists the latter devices in holding the door firmly to place when closed.

The car-door is provided on one of its edges with a tongue, 1', adapted to fit intoa groove or slot formed in a strip, K, the latter of which forms an abutment for the car-door when the same is closed.

The car-door A is provided with handles P I, by which it may be moved in opening and closing the car.

The sealing device previously described may be manipulated as follows: Afterthe door has been closed and fastened, as before mentioned, the tongue e of the bar N will come to a proper position with reference to the slot in the countersunk plate M. The key or locking-plate O is now. applied by placing its notched end in the slot of the plate M, so that said notch will slide longitudinally under .the edge of the said plate within the L-shaped slot. The slot fof the plate 0 is now passed over the tongue 6, and the split pin or look is applied to the eye in the said tongue.

In my drawings I show a modified form of the sealing or locking device. It consists of a plate, m, provided with a key-hole, p, of inverted form. The wall of the car is mortised behind the said key-hole to format cavity for the movementof the key. at is the key, formed of a piece of metal turned up at the end and fashioned to suit the key-hole. The keyis secured loosely to the car-door by a loop, 0, so that when said key is passed through an opening provided for it in the door there will be a freedom of play to it laterally. When it is de sired to lock or fasten the car-door with this device the key it is pushed in, its turned-up end being in proper position for the key-hole, until the loop of the key comes against the loop 0, when the key is turned a quarter-revolution to effect a fastening.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The hasp B, pivoted to the car-body, provided with horizontal slot b and segmental slot G, in combination with the car-door A, provided with staples E D, fixed at different elevations, and the body of the car provided with projecting plate I, as and for the purpose 'set forth.

2. The caraloor A, provided with wedgeshaped pieces a a, in combination with the body of the car, provided with correspondingly-shaped shoes, h h, substantially as set forth.

3. The fastening device composed of plate M, formed as described and fixed to the car, the notched bar N, and the plate 0, all arranged and applied substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature, in

presence of two witnesses, this 21st day of December, 1882.

WILLIAM P; JAOKSON.

Witnesses BACON MONTGOMERY POWELL S. OWNBY. 

